забон

Tajik

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (uzvān), from Proto-Iranian *hižwáH (compare Kurdish ziman, Pashto ژبه (žəba), Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬰𐬎𐬎𐬁 (hizuuā)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH (compare Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā), Hindi जीभ (jībh)), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (compare Old Prussian insuwis, Russian язы́к (jazýk), French langue, English tongue).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zæˈbɔːn/

Noun

Dari Persian زبان
Iranian Persian زبان
Tajiki Persian забон (zabon)

забон (zabon) (plural забонҳо)

  1. tongue
  2. language

Inflection

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